Team Lead Innovation (Boston)

About FuzionX

FuzionX is a new venture development as-a-service company.Using our co-build and viability enablement model, we partner with early-stage founders to build exciting new ventures. Our model deploys experienced operators, an innovative founder operating system, and seed-stage capital to ensure disciplined execution and growth.We provide an accelerated pathway to product and commercial viability.Guided by our core values of teamwork, integrity, and caring, we focus on creating great companies, built to endure.

Our team works exclusively with early-stage engineering and computer science-based founders, building SaaS-based vertical software solutions, powered by AI.This is a hybrid position, located in Boston, MA.

Summary

The Team Lead, Innovation will drive the development and execution of initiatives that foster creativity, collaboration, and entrepreneurial thinking across programs, portfolio companies, and teams. This role combines execution, leadership, management, and innovation expertise to translate ideas into tangible outcomes for our company and our founders.The team lead will work together with our technology leadership, product team, and co-build founders to drive this applied innovation for our core platform and our portfolio companies products.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership

Lead the design and implementation of innovation initiatives to founder and internal priorities

Identify trends, technologies, and practices relevant to innovation and entrepreneurship

Facilitate ideation sessions and opportunity mapping to support portfolio founder activities

Work closely with technology leadership and product team to align innovation priorities with

business strategy

Innovation Operations

• Oversee multiple innovation efforts both internally and across a diverse founder portfolio
• Ensure disciplined release management process and best practices
• Lead from the front on innovation and continuous improvement for complete SDLC
• Build tools and workflows that increase efficiency and capabilities across the portfolio
• Build on a culture of excellence in development, testing, and quality assurance
• Manage geographically diverse innovation teams across initiatives and portfolio companies
• Execute projects together with team for pilot programs, from concept through implementation
• Design and execute proof-of-concept projects and rapid prototypes
• Analyze data across the platform and portfolio to surface insights and validate experiments
• Communicate findings through visualizations and narratives that support decision-making
• Establish KPIs for innovation activities and ensure projects are on time and on budget
• Coordinate teams, timelines, budgets, and stakeholder communication
• Contribute positively to the company culture and workplace

Team Development & Collaboration

Who You Are

An action-oriented individual with excellent problem-solving skills and a commitment to active listening, excellence, and teamwork.The ideal candidate has the following qualities :

Strong work ethic

Collaborative

Builder mentality

Resourceful

Fast on your feet

Passionate

Strong team player

Qualifications

About Us

Our work is founded in our core values.At FuzionX, we believe in taking care of one another, embracing teamwork, and acting with integrity in everything we do.These are the principles that shape how we operate, work with our founders, and empower the next generation of great entrepreneurs.

FuzionX is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.

Details

Location : 55 Court Street, 2

nd

Floor, Boston, MA 02108 (Hybrid)

Schedule : 9 : 00 am- 5 : 00 pm EST (3 days a week in the office, 2 days home)